Oil cup



OIL CUP Filed July 28. 1925 Patented J une l?, i924.

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AUGUSTUS PAGANITSA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OIL CUP.

Application filed July 28,

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS PAGANITSA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil Cups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to oil cups for use in connection with machinery.

My object i-s to provide a device of this character having a spring cover so constructed that the spring will hold the cover back out of the way when the cup is to be filled with oil, and will hold it down in Harm engagement with the top of the cup when it is closed thereupon. In other words, my object is to provide an oil cup, so constructed that the lid will be held either open or closed, whichever position it is caused to assume.

Another object is to provide a device of this character so arranged that it can be reliably held in operative position on the cup without the use of any fastening devices,

: such for instance as rivets and screws.

A still further object is to provide an oil cup with a cover controlled by a spring reinforced at its weakest point, whereby to give a very strong spring with a comparatively light piece of material.

A leading feature of the invention con sists in providing the rear side of the cup, between the ears to which the lid is pivoted, with an eXtra thick wall portion terminating just before it reaches thetop of the cup; and

a spring for controlling the lid, said spring having a loop at its inner end adapted to hook over the top of the thickened portion of the cup between its ears, whereby to hold the spring in operative position on the cup.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1. is a side elevation of my improved oil cup, with the open position of the lid indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. l: and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring.

The numeral l indicates the body of the cup, having at its rear side the parallel ears 2 to which the lid S is hinged by the pivot 4, the lid being provided on its under side with an integral lug 3a fOr the reception of said pin.

1923. Serial N0. 654,336.

The rear side ofthe cup between the ears is made thick and strong as indicated at l, and this thickened portion terminates just before it reaches the top of the cup, so as to afford ample room for the spring 5 to hook over this portion, whereby to hold the spring on the cup, the spring having a loop 5a at its inner end, adapted to lit said thickened wall, and having its rear free end 5b extending upwardly above the loop 5a, and adapted to normally bear against the rear projecting end 3c of the lid, to hold the lid in its closed position.

The cup is provided at its lower end with a threaded stem 6 of ordinary construction, for engagement with the machine to be oiled, said stem having an opening 7 as usual for the flow of the oil.

rlhe spring 5 is provided at its lower end where the greatest strain is imposed upon it, with a broadened portion 5c which reinforces the spring at this point and insures it against breaking while giving it a very positive action.

The lug 3a on the under side of the lid 8 holds the pivot 4- spaced suiiiciently from the top of the lid to cause a considerable outward movement of the free upper end 5b of the spring, which causes` the spring to take very active control of the lid.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided an oil cup of great simplicity, having a spring-actuated cover controlled by a spring attached. to the cup and held in operative position thereon without the use of any kind of holding devices whatsoever, so that an old broken spring can be Quickly and easily replaced with a new one whenever desired, by simply hooking the new spring onto the cup.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Let-p ters Patent is The combination with an oil cup and a cover therefor, of a spring for the cover Aso having a loop at one end thereof for hooking over the top of the cup to hold the spring in operative position on the cup, the spring being bent downwardly from said loop and then upwardly with its free end in engagement with the cover, the spring at the extremity of its downward bend being made broader for purposes of reinforcement at that point.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, 

